STAFF PROFILE
Distinguished Professor Irene Yarovsky
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics
Phone:
99252571
Email:
irene.yarovsky@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Program Leader: Biophysics and Bioengineering
- Research Leader:
Materials Modelling and Simulation group - Postgraduate supervision
Professor Irene Yarovsky on ORCID
Research interests
Theoretical computer simulations of the structure and properties of matter.
Current and recent projects
Life Sciences
Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project) Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR)) Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Materials
- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
- PhD (Computer Simulation of Hydrophobic solute-ligand interactions), Monash University, 1995
- Master of Science (Applied Mathematics - Distinction), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1985
- Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1983
- Todorova, N.,Bentvelzen, A.,Yarovsky, I. (2020). Electromagnetic field modulates aggregation propensity of amyloid peptides In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 152, 1 - 10
- Zhang, W.,Christofferson, A.,Besford, Q.,Richardson, J.,Guo, J.,Ju, Y.,Kempe, K.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F. (2019). Metal-dependent inhibition of amyloid fibril formation: synergistic effects of cobalt-tannic acid networks In: Nanoscale, 11, 1921 - 1928
- Le, T.,Penna, M.,Winkler, D.,Yarovsky, I. (2019). Quantitative design rules for protein-resistant surface coatings using machine learning In: Scientific Reports, 9, 1 - 12
- Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2019). The Enigma of Amyloid Forming Proteins: Insights from Molecular Simulations In: Australian Journal of Chemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Science, , 1 - 11
- Lin, Y.,Penna, M.,Thomas, M.,Wojciechowski, J.,Leonardo, V.,Wang, Y.,Pashuck, E.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2019). Residue-Specific Solvation-Directed Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control over Peptide Self-Assembly with 1D/2D Structure Selection In: ACS Nano, 13, 1900 - 1909
- Sarkar, S.,Tran, N.,Rashid, M.,Le, T.,Yarovsky, I.,Conn, C.,Drummond, C. (2019). Toward Cell Membrane Biomimetic Lipidic Cubic Phases: A High-Throughput Exploration of Lipid Compositional Space In: ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2, 182 - 195
- Penna, M.,Ley, K.,Belessiotis-Richards, A.,McLaughlin, S.,Winkler, D.,Yarovsky, I. (2019). Hydration and Dynamics of Ligands Determine the Antifouling Capacity of Functionalized Surfaces In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 30360 - 30372
- Tomanin, P.,Cherepanov, P.,Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A.,Amodio, A.,McConville, C.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F.,Cavalieri, F. (2018). Cobalt Phosphate Nanostructures for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensing at Physiological pH In: ACS Applies Materials & Interfaces, 10, 42786 - 42795
- Lin, Y.,Charchar, P.,Christofferson, A.,Thomas, M.,Todorova, N.,Mazo, M.,Chen, Q.,Doutch, J.,Richardson, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2018). Surface Dynamics and Ligand-Core Interactions of Quantum Sized Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 18217 - 18226
- Molino, P.,Yang, D.,Penna, M.,Miyazawa, K.,Knowles, B.,Maclaughlin, S.,Fukuma, T.,Yarovsky, I.,Higgins, M. (2018). Hydration Layer Structure of Biofouling-Resistant Nanoparticles In: ACS Nano, 12, 11610 - 11624
- Sustaining and strengthening merit-based access at NCI (administered by Australian National University). Funded by: ARC Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2019 from (2019 to 2022)
- Atomic Scale Precision Engineering of Cell-Material Interfaces (administered by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Discovery Project via Other University from (2019 to 2021)
- The Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (Led by The University of Wollongong).. Funded by: NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (Ongoing) from (2018 to 2023)
- Project B3.5: Design and characterisation of mechano-fungicidal surfaces (formerly project B3.3) (Administered by University of Wollongong). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2018 to 2020)
- Project B4.2: Elucidation of the mechanism of action of BlueScope antifungal roofing technology (Administered by University of Wollongong). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2018 to 2021)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
11 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications.